February 2026

He suddenly just fell into the ground…

Everything was out of place this morning as I prepared for work. I have myself to blame because last night when I got home I was too tired to be tidy. All I wanted to do was eat, pray, read the bible and sleep, so everything that I’m usually supposed to have on me was not on me. I kept having to go back into the flat to get things and this meant I was now more late than ever. I walked at a hurried pace, constantly checking my surroundings cause it’s a busy area. I’m looking directly ahead of me and a man suddenly just fell into the ground. It’s always so strange when you see an anomaly happen in real life. I was completely shocked and thrown off because like everyone around me, I was wondering what just happened because he suddenly just fell into the ground.

What do you even do in such a situation? I stopped because I wasn’t that far behind him and I didn’t know if the ground would collapse beneath me too. Who do you even call? The police? Firefighters? Maybe because they have rope and are more resourceful? Who would respond to this? A few people are standing around the hole looking in and shouting hoping to hear a response from the guy. They couldn’t even see how deep it went and sadly there wasn’t any response. I’m already late to work and me staying would not really be of any help from my understanding of the situation. So I walk a little distance away from the hole for even though I have incessant suicidal ideation I am cautious about how I go about life. Maybe it’s because I would like a peaceful death, one lacking pain or suffering, I think I’d like to die in my sleep you know. Also, in as much as I do not fear death I do understand that if heaven and hell exist I would like to go to the former even though I know I deserve the latter. So knowing how my current state of affairs are I’ll keep my distance.